Create Out-Of-Process COM in C#/.Net?

Question

I need to create an out-of-process COM server (.exe) in C# that will be accessed by multiple other processes on the same box. The component has to be a single process because it will cache the information it provides to its consumers in memory.

Note: the processes that will access my COM Server are mostly Matlab processes, thus the necessity for a COM interface.

I have seen threads regarding creating in-process COM components in .Net on stack overflow (Create COM ...) and on the web, but am having a hard time to find a way to create out-of-process components with .Net.

How is this achievable? Any suggested references?

Thanks.

Answer 1

One option is serviced components - i.e. host it in COM+ as the shell exe. See also the howto here.